Back at the beach

We completed our summer vacation in Canada and arrived back at the beach to enjoy our somewhat obstructed, but never the less, beautiful sea view again.

A few thoughts on Canada. It is a difficult place to remember that you are in a foreign country. I had a harder time with language dialect moving from the Midwest to the deep South back in the 1970's. New construction was going on everywhere. We noted the noise, rudeness, and general chaos exhibited by so many American youth was missing in Canada. A safe, lovely country to visit.... in spring or summer.

 Our next trip, later this summer, is to Washington DC to welcome home our eldest son from his overseas assignment.

Tip of Canada

Since we are on a peninsula surrounded by Lake Erie, Lake st. Clair, and the Detroit river a car or bike ride usually ends up at waters edge.

We visited Amherstburg and toured the waterfront and the remains of a fort with a plaque containing a brief mention of the War of 1812 and the indignities suffered at the hands of the American fleet led by Admiral Perry. 

The waterfront with Bois Blanc island in the background. This side of the island is for northbound ships, and southbound ships use the other side.

 

We also visited the southern tip of Canada. Unlike the USA, this southern tip was devoid of strange people, open air bars, and free-range chickens.

We visited the marsh lands near the tip and it looked so much like the Everglades that we half expected to see an alligator. We also noted the lack of hand rails on the elevated walkway. A clear sign that Canadian liability laws have not reached the fine edge of US laws. 

To preserve the fragile ecosystem we were required to take a trolley the last two miles.

Finally, after a short walk through the woods we arrived at tip of Canada - a beach and the beautiful waters of Lake Erie. Kept beautiful by the constant filtering of water by billions of zebra mussels.